Testing & QA

Software Testing & QA Training in Pune with Placement

Name: Archer Infotech
Address: Flat No. 12, Divyadarshan Housing Society, behind Kothrud Bus Stand Road, near Natraj Gas Agency, Londhe Wada, Chaitanya Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra, 411038, IN
Telephone: +91 9850 678451
Price range: ₹₹
Rating: 5

Pune's trusted Software Testing classes at the Archer Infotech institute, Kothrud — weekday, weekend and online batches with placement assistance.

Complete foundation in software testing — SDLC and STLC, test case design techniques, defect lifecycle with Jira, API testing with Postman, and ISTQB Foundation Level certification preparation. Industry-ready manual QA in 8–10 weeks.

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Trained: 10000+
Placed: 5000+
Placement rate: 90%
17+ years: Since 2009

2 Months

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Curriculum last reviewed: 11 June 2026

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Our Software Testing students get placed at

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Infosys

Wipro

Cognizant

Accenture

Capgemini

Persistent Systems

e-Zest Solutions

L&T Infotech

VSpace Software

iVision Software

And many more — 100+ corporate partners hiring across Pune and India.

Software Testing & QA is the single most accessible entry point into Pune's IT services sector for graduates without a CS or programming background. This 2-month programme builds the SDLC + STLC foundation, test design discipline (boundary value, equivalence, decision tables), defect lifecycle workflows in Jira, REST API testing in Postman, and ISTQB Foundation Level certification preparation. By the end you have a Jira-based defect portfolio, a Postman API test collection, and the ISTQB study material ready for the global QA cert exam.

Why Learn Software Testing in Pune in 2026

Pune's IT services majors — Persistent, Capgemini, Mindtree, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant, Accenture, IBM — hire manual QA engineers at scale every quarter as the lowest-barrier-to-entry technical role on offer. The hiring isn't slowing despite the rise of automation. Reason: services-sector projects still need humans to design test cases, run exploratory testing, manage UAT cycles with business stakeholders, and own the defect-triage discussion. Automation handles repeatable regression suites; humans still own the testing strategy. Pune QA fresher listings ran 800–1,200 per month consistently through 2025 across Naukri + LinkedIn.

What makes this course matter in 2026 specifically: ISTQB Foundation Level has become near-mandatory at services majors for fresher QA hiring. Five years ago you could break in without it; now most JD filters explicitly require ISTQB Foundation or 'equivalent.' Free YouTube ISTQB prep exists but skips the practice-test depth that actually clears the exam — the syllabus has 6 chapters and exam questions test cross-chapter reasoning, not single-fact recall. We prep with 200+ MCQs aligned to current ISTQB v4 syllabus.

The salary math: Pune QA fresher offers currently sit ₹2.5–4 LPA at services majors; ₹3.5–5 LPA at product companies and Salesforce/SAP consulting partners. ISTQB Foundation bumps the offer ₹0.5–1 LPA. With 1–2 years experience + Postman/API testing + Jira proficiency, the band moves to ₹4–6 LPA. From there the natural next move is Selenium automation (60–80% salary bump) — exactly the path most of our QA graduates follow inside 18–24 months.

800–1,200 active Pune manual QA listings each month (2025)
ISTQB Foundation now near-mandatory at services majors
Pune fresher band ₹2.5–4 LPA services / ₹3.5–5 LPA product
+₹0.5–1 LPA bump on ISTQB Foundation certification
Natural path to ₹6–10 LPA in 18–24 months via Selenium
Most accessible IT role for non-CS / non-engineering graduates

Who This Course Is For

For You If

Non-IT graduates (BCom, BSc, BA, mechanical, electrical) wanting a structured entry into the IT services sector
Engineering graduates who don't want a pure-development role and prefer the testing/quality side
Career changers from banking, education, or operations who want a tech career without a coding-first commitment
Manual testers without ISTQB certification who need a structured cert + portfolio push
Working professionals seeking a weekend track to pivot into QA within 3 months

Not For You If

People targeting senior automation/SDET roles immediately — start with the Selenium track instead
Folks who specifically want a developer role — this is QA, not dev (though many graduates pivot to dev later)
Anyone allergic to documentation discipline — testing is heavy on test-case writing + defect-report writing
Candidates expecting a ₹10+ LPA fresher offer in 8 weeks — that's not how the QA entry band works in Pune

Detailed Curriculum

Testing Fundamentals + SDLC/STLC

Week 1–2

The conceptual foundation hiring managers screen for in the first interview round. SDLC models (Waterfall, V-Model, Agile) with explicit guidance on which models you'll actually see at Pune services clients (Agile dominates; V-Model survives in BFSI compliance contexts). STLC phases — requirement analysis, test planning, design, environment setup, execution, closure — mapped to Jira workflows. Levels of testing (unit, integration, system, UAT) and types (functional, smoke, sanity, regression, exploratory) with realistic decision rules for which to apply when.

SDLC models — Waterfall, V-Model, Spiral, Agile / ScrumSTLC phases + entry/exit criteriaLevels of testing — unit, integration, system, UATTypes of testing — functional vs non-functional, smoke vs sanity, regressionVerification vs validation — the textbook distinction that interviewers ask7 principles of testing (ISTQB syllabus alignment)

Test Design Techniques

Week 3–4

The technical core of manual testing competence. Equivalence partitioning + boundary value analysis (the two techniques most test-case-design interview questions probe). Decision tables for business-rule heavy domains (BFSI, Insurance). State transition for workflow-heavy applications. Use case + exploratory testing for the realistic test-design contexts where formal techniques alone underdeliver. You'll write professionally-structured test cases throughout and end the module with a 50+ case test suite for a sample application.

Equivalence partitioning — valid + invalid class identificationBoundary value analysis — the +1/-1 disciplineDecision table testing — for business-rule scenariosState transition testing — workflow + status-driven appsUse case testing — scenario derivationExploratory testing — charters + session-based test managementWriting professional test cases (preconditions, steps, expected/actual)

Test Execution + Defect Management with Jira

Week 5–6

Where the practical skills sit. Test planning + test strategy documents (the artefacts hiring managers ask you to walk through at interview). Defect lifecycle workflows in real Jira instances — new → assigned → fixed → verified → closed, with realistic edge cases (re-opened, deferred, rejected). Severity vs priority distinction (the most-missed answer in junior QA interviews). JQL basics for filtering defect queues. Test reporting dashboards stakeholders actually read.

Test plan structure + test strategy documentDefect lifecycle — full state machine including edge casesSeverity vs priority — clear framework with examplesJira hands-on — projects, workflows, custom fieldsJQL basics for defect queue filteringTest reporting + metrics (defect density, defect leakage)Building stakeholder-readable test reports

API Testing with Postman + ISTQB Foundation Prep

Week 7–8

Two distinct value-adds in one module. Postman API testing — the modern QA engineer covers both UI and API layers, and Postman fluency materially differentiates you in interviews. REST fundamentals, collections, environment variables, pre/post-request scripts, response assertions. Parallel track: ISTQB Foundation Level v4 syllabus walkthrough with 200+ practice MCQs and 2 full mock exams. The combination — Postman portfolio + ISTQB cert prep — is what differentiates this course from cheaper alternatives.

REST API fundamentals — methods, headers, status codesPostman collections + environments + variablesPre-request + test scripts (JavaScript-based assertions)Response validation + chaining requestsAgile + Scrum testing — sprint cadence, story-level testingISTQB Foundation v4 syllabus — full 6-chapter walkthrough200+ ISTQB practice MCQs + 2 full mock exams

Capstone Projects You Will Build

Project 1: End-to-End Test Suite for a Sample E-commerce Application

Build a complete manual test artefact set for a sample e-commerce demo: test plan document, 80+ test cases across all priority pages (login, search, cart, checkout, payment, order), executed run results, and a defect log of 20+ bugs filed in a real Jira instance with severity/priority justifications. The portfolio piece you walk through at interview.

Manual test design (EP, BVA, decision tables)Jira (cloud free tier)TestRail / Excel for test executionSample demo e-commerce site

Project 2: Postman REST API Test Collection

A 30+ request Postman collection exercising a public REST API (e.g. ReqRes, JSONPlaceholder), with environment variable parameterisation, pre-request scripts for auth-token retrieval, post-request test assertions on status codes + response body shape, and chained-request scenarios. Exported as a JSON Postman collection on GitHub — interviewers love this artefact.

PostmanRESTJSONJavaScript assertionsGitHub

Project 3: ISTQB Foundation Mock-Exam Portfolio

Not a build project but a study artefact: the 2 full ISTQB mock exams (40 questions each, time-bound) plus a tracked weak-area analysis covering all 6 chapters. Most graduates clear ISTQB Foundation within 6 weeks of course completion if they put in 4–6 hrs/week with this material.

ISTQB v4 syllabus200+ practice MCQs2 timed mocks

Career Outcomes & Salaries in Pune

Pune's manual QA hiring funnel runs at consistent volume — services majors hire 4 quarterly intake batches per year typically. Fresher salaries land ₹2.5–4 LPA at the services majors (Persistent, Capgemini, Mindtree, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant, Accenture, IBM) and ₹3.5–5 LPA at product companies + Salesforce/SAP consulting partners (Cybage, Atos Syntel, Saksoft, BrowserStack QA teams). ISTQB Foundation pushes the offer up ₹0.5–1 LPA at most services clients. Postman API testing is the second strongest CV signal — call it out explicitly.

The realistic career arc: Year 1 = Manual QA Tester at ₹3–4 LPA. Year 1.5 = pick up Selenium on the side (our students typically come back for the Selenium track). Year 2 = QA Automation Engineer at ₹6–8 LPA. Year 4 = SDET at ₹10–14 LPA. Year 6+ = QA Architect or pivot to QA Lead / Engineering Manager at ₹14–22 LPA. This is the established Pune QA path and the math holds across the services + product split.

Role	Salary band	Source
Manual QA Tester (fresher)	₹2.5–4 LPA (services) / ₹3.5–5 LPA (product)	AmbitionBox Pune Manual QA
Manual QA + ISTQB cert + Postman	₹3.5–5.5 LPA fresher / ₹5–7 LPA at 1 yr	Indeed Pune QA listings
Sr Manual QA / Test Lead (3–5 yrs)	₹6–10 LPA	AmbitionBox Pune Test Lead
QA Lead / Engineering Manager (6+ yrs)	₹12–20 LPA	Glassdoor Pune QA Manager

Pune companies hiring Software Testing professionals in 2026

Persistent SystemsCapgeminiMindTree (LTIMindtree)Tech MahindraCognizantWiproAccentureIBM IndiaCybageAtos SyntelSaksoftTCSInfosysBrowserStack (QA team)DruvaGUVI

Roles after this Software Testing course

Manual QA TesterQuality AnalystTest Engineer (Entry-level)QA AssociateFunctional Test AnalystAPI Test Engineer (with Postman portfolio)

Course Duration, Batches & Modes in Pune

Duration: 2 months (8 weeks) for the standard weekday/online track; 10 weeks for the weekend track

Classroom

Archer Infotech Kothrud campus (Flat No. 12, Divyadarshan Housing Society, Kothrud, Pune 411038)

• Morning batch: Monday–Friday 09:00–10:30
• Evening batch: Monday–Friday 18:30–20:00
• Saturday lab session: 10:00–13:00 (full-batch test-design practice + defect-filing drills)

Online Live

• Live sessions: Monday–Friday 19:00–20:30 IST
• Session recordings in LMS within 24 hrs

Tools used:

Google Meet for live sessionsJira Cloud free tier for defect-management labsPostman free tier for API testingShared Slack channel for batch doubts

Weekend

• Saturday + Sunday 10:00–13:00

Weekend track runs 10 weeks for total contact-hour parity with weekday tracks

Batch sizes under 20 for weekday + online tracks, under 12 for weekend. New batches start every 3–4 weeks. The Software Testing track is among our highest-enrolment programmes; book early for popular slots.

Software Testing Course Fees in Pune

Software Testing & QA is priced in the entry band of our catalogue — reflecting the 2-month duration and the absence of paid software licences (Jira free tier, Postman free tier, free ISTQB study material). EMI available; contact admissions for current fee.

₹18,000 – ₹28,000 (typical track band)

Market range source: Archer Infotech 2026 fee schedule

Payment options:

One-time payment (5% discount)
EMI: 50% at enrolment + 50% at week 4
EMI: 3-month plan (1/3 monthly)

Placement Support in Pune

Placement support is bundled — no separate fee. The Software Testing track is our highest-volume placement pipeline because Pune services majors run 4 quarterly fresher intakes each year and our placement cell is in the rotation for all of them. The placement workflow starts in Week 5 (parallel to the test execution module) — CV review, ISTQB-cert readiness check, mock interview prep — so by graduation week your portfolio is reviewed and you've done 2 mock interviews.

We don't guarantee placement. Our institute-records placement rate is 90% across all tracks; the Software Testing pipeline runs slightly above average because the entry-level supply-demand math in Pune QA is favourable. Variance is mostly explained by ISTQB completion (graduates who sit for the exam within 6 weeks of course completion place 30% faster), interview communication, and application volume.

Placement process — week by week

Week 5: CV review + Jira/Postman portfolio audit + ISTQB readiness check
Week 6: First mock interview (technical — SDLC/STLC, test design, defect lifecycle)
Week 7: Second mock interview (HR + communication) + ISTQB final-mock-exam check
Week 8: Direct introductions to 10+ services-major + product partner companies
Post-completion: Weekly placement-cell check-ins + interview-prep coaching for 8 weeks

Partner companies

Persistent SystemsCapgeminiMindTree (LTIMindtree)Tech MahindraCognizantAmdocsWiproCybageAtos SyntelSaksoft100+ partner companies hiring Pune QA freshers each quarter

See recent placement records →

How Archer Infotech Compares

How Archer Infotech's Software Testing & QA track compares against the typical Pune training-institute version. Anonymous comparison from candidates who switched in from elsewhere.

Factor	Archer Infotech	Typical Pune institute
ISTQB Foundation prep depth	Aligned to current v4 syllabus, 200+ MCQs, 2 full timed mocks	Older v3 material, 50–100 MCQs, no full mocks
Jira hands-on	Real Jira cloud instance, full defect-lifecycle drills, JQL basics	Jira screenshots in slides, no real instance access
Postman API testing coverage	Full module with 30+ request portfolio collection on GitHub	Often skipped or covered in single session
Test case writing discipline	80+ professional test cases written by graduation, peer-reviewed	10–20 test cases, no peer review
Defect portfolio for interview	20+ bugs filed in Jira with severity/priority justifications	Test cases only — no defect portfolio
Class size	Under 20 weekday / under 12 weekend	30–50 per batch
Trainer profile	Working Pune QA engineers from services + product teams	Trainers who stopped writing test cases at client sites years ago
Placement cell handoff	Starts Week 5 — CV ready by graduation	Placement starts after course completion

The two differentiators that matter most at interview: Postman portfolio + 80+ test cases artefact. These are what 'I know testing' becomes 'here's what I built' in conversation with hiring managers.

Prerequisites & How to Start

No prior IT or coding experience required. The course assumes basic computer literacy (web browser, document editing, file management) and the discipline for documentation-heavy work. About 60% of each batch comes from non-IT backgrounds — commerce, science, mechanical, banking, education sectors. The remaining ~40% are engineering or BSc-CS graduates entering QA rather than development. The pace accommodates both; the test-design module is the gating concept and both cohorts cross it inside 2 weeks.

Before you enrol, the 5-step starting sequence below makes Week 1 smoother but isn't required.

Create a free Jira Cloud account (jira.com → free tier) — we'll use this throughout the defect-management module
Install Postman desktop app (postman.com/downloads) — free for individual use
Read the ISTQB Foundation v4 syllabus overview (istqb.org) — knowing the chapter list in advance helps pacing
Set up a free GitHub account — you'll push your Postman collection here as a portfolio artefact
Skim a sample test case from any free QA blog to know the structure — preconditions, steps, expected result

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I really need no coding background?+

Correct — manual testing is the standard entry point into QA careers and requires zero coding. About 60% of each batch has no programming experience at all and finishes the course at the same level as the CS graduates. The skills that matter are logical thinking, attention to detail, and clear written communication. If you do have light coding exposure, Module 4 (Postman scripts) becomes slightly easier — but it's not a gate.

What is ISTQB and do I need to pay extra for the exam?+

ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) Foundation Level is the global QA entry-level certification — explicitly listed as preferred or required in most Pune services-major QA job descriptions in 2026. The course prep is included; the exam fee (~₹4,500) is paid separately to ISTQB when you sit for it. Most graduates clear it within 6 weeks of course completion if they put in 4–6 hrs/week with the mock-exam material.

Can I move from manual testing to Selenium automation later?+

Yes — and this is the most common career arc our QA graduates follow. Manual testing teaches you what to test and why, which is exactly what automation engineers need but most lack. Recommended path: Manual QA → 6–12 months of services-sector experience → enrol in our Selenium track → pivot to Automation/SDET role. Salary delta on that pivot is typically ₹2–4 LPA bump.

What is the typical fresher salary and how soon do offers come?+

Pune QA fresher salaries: ₹2.5–4 LPA at services majors; ₹3.5–5 LPA at product companies and Salesforce/SAP consulting partners. ISTQB cert + Postman portfolio bump that by ₹0.5–1 LPA. ~70% of our graduates receive first interview calls within 30 days of course completion; ~50% have an offer in 60 days. Source: AmbitionBox + Indeed Pune QA listings, last 12 months.

How does placement work — is it guaranteed?+

Not guaranteed; supported. The placement cell starts working with you in Week 5 — CV review, Jira/Postman portfolio audit, mock interviews — and continues with weekly check-ins for 8 weeks post-completion. We don't claim 100% placement; institute-records rate is 90% across all tracks. The Software Testing pipeline runs slightly above average because Pune QA fresher demand is favourable. We open the doors; you apply to 15+ companies actively.

How does this compare to a free YouTube QA course?+

Free YouTube content is fine for the conceptual SDLC/STLC modules but typically skips three things that matter at interview: (1) ISTQB Foundation v4 practice depth — current syllabus, 200+ MCQs, full timed mocks; (2) hands-on Jira + Postman portfolio with real artefacts on GitHub; (3) mock interview prep + direct introductions to Pune hiring partners. The salary delta from those three things alone usually exceeds the course fee within 6 months of placement.

Will this course teach automation testing (Selenium, Cypress)?+

No — this is a focused manual testing course. Automation is its own deep track (our Selenium with Java programme is 2 months on top of this). We cover API testing with Postman in this course because Postman is increasingly part of even the manual-QA role spec. UI automation is deferred — and that's deliberate. Trying to learn manual + Selenium in 8 weeks underdelivers both.

What if I want to move from QA into a developer role eventually?+

It's a known path and several of our QA graduates have done it. Realistic timeline: Year 1–2 = Manual QA → Year 2 = pick up Selenium + Java basics → Year 3 = automation engineer / SDET → Year 4–5 = pivot to backend developer with the Java foundation. Earlier transitions are possible but require strong self-study commitment alongside the QA day-job. Don't expect a clean QA→Dev pivot inside the first 12 months.

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Software Testing & QA Training in Pune with Placement

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Why Learn Software Testing in Pune in 2026

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Pune companies hiring Software Testing professionals in 2026

Roles after this Software Testing course

Course Duration, Batches & Modes in Pune

Software Testing Course Fees in Pune

Placement Support in Pune

How Archer Infotech Compares

Prerequisites & How to Start

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